* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: InUniverse, Superman considers two different explanations for Alura's increasingly hostile actions against humanity: either Alura is motivated by grief of losing Zor-El or she has always been cold and distant and Zor-El was her MoralityChain. Since Superman never had any emotional connection to Alura before the events of ''New Krypton'', he reasons any interpretation is equally valid.* AngstWhatAngst: By the end of the storyline, the "Hundred Minute War" caused untold destruction to cities around the world, the personal deaths of many world leaders, and all sorts of collateral mass death, but by the end no one remotely dwells on it and any hate and fear towards Kryptonians like Superman is not seen. This behavior carries over into ''ComicBook/SupermanGrounded'' as well.* ArcFatigue: Unfortunately went down this route after sometime, since the arc later separated into several mini-arcs for a while until ending in ''War of the Supermen''.* CompleteMonster: [[SociopathicSoldier Reactron]] is at his worst, while ComicBook/{{Brainiac}} is as bad as ever. See Monster/{{Superman}} for more on them both.* MagnificentBastard: Luthor is at his best here, cooperating with Lane to achieve a goal he would have worked towards anyway, playing Brainiac and Superman alike to his own ends, and ultimately being rewarded for his role in [[spoiler:destroying New Krypton]].* MoralEventHorizon: Reactron crosses it in his first appearance, when he kills Supergirl's father while threatening to sexually assault her. General Lane does it when he transforms his daughter Lucy into a superweapon, while Lucy herself does when she murders a scientist for the crime of reporting her unstable condition to her father.